The Great White App Privacy Policy

Definition and Forms

Sustainable Oceans Society, 65 Bayswater Avenue, Bayswater, Auckland 0622, e-mail sustainableoceansociety@gmail.com ("we", "SOS") operates and administrates The Great White App ("app"), an online platform for businesses, organisations or individuals wanting to see the movements of tagged sharks via a web interface or mobile application.

User: anyone who uses Services or accesses its interface and content

Please read how we process your personal data if you are a User - a person, an interested party or a representative acting on a User's behalf (You). The document contains important information about your rights.

Why do we process your data and what personal details are involved?

We, as the data controller process your data for the following purposes:

To provide our Services: In order to deliver a positive experience using The Great White App, we collect information related to app performance and behaviour, including crash data, bug reports and errors. This data enables Sustainable Oceans Society to improve app functionality and remedy technical problems that may arise using the app.

How your information is used by others:

See below for circumstances where we may share your personal information with others:

Service Providers: The Sustainable Oceans Society may use third party providers to provide or support some of the services and features available through the app. We may also rely on third party providers to perform certain functions within The Great White App in connection with your usage of the app. This includes but is not limited to communications and hosting services, network security, technical and user support, tracking and reporting functions, quality assurance testing and other functions. SOS may share your information with these third party providers so that they can perform their services or complete your requests. These third party providers may share information with SOS that they obtain from or about you in connection with providing their services or completing your requests. Some portions of the app framing techniques to serve content to you from our third party providers, while preserving the look and feel of the app. In such cases, please note that any information you provide is being proivded to the third party.

Investigations: SOS may investigate and disclose your personal information if it has a good faith belief that such disclosure (a) is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process and law enforcement instructions and orders, such as a search warrant, or any legal process served on SOS; (b) is helpful to prevent, investigate, or identify possible wrongdoing in connection with the app; (c) is necessary to act under exigent circumstances to protect the safety of the public or users of the app, (d) is reasonably necessary to protect Sustainable Ocean Society's rights, reputation, property or that of its users, affiliates, partners or the public.

Compliance:

Information collected from The Great White App will be stored and processed in New Zealand, the exception being where services and features are administered by third party providers. If you are located outsided of New Zealand and use the app, your information may be transferred outside of the country. Where personal information is transferred from the European Economic Area ("EEA") or Switzerland, we rely on appropriate safeguards to transfer the data. The data protection and other applicable laws of New Zealand or other coutnries may not be as comprehensive as those laws or regulations in your country and may otherwise differ from the data protection or consumer protection laws in such jurisdictions.

Security: SOS is committed to protecting the security of your information and follows generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information it receives. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, devices or clou or electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, SOS cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Personal Information of Children: The app is intended for a general audience, and SOS does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you become aware that a child has provided SOS with personal information without parental consent, please contact us at sustainableoceansociety@gmail.com. If SOS becomes aware that a child under 16 has provided personal information without parental consent, we will take steps to delete such data as soon as possible.

European Union (EU) Residents: Your Privacy Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): If you are located in the EU, we will collect personal information only if SOS has one or more legal bases for doing so under the GDPR. The legal bases depend on your interaction with the app. Sustainable Oceans Society will only collect personal information from you where: (i) you have given your consent for one or more specific purposes; (ii) it is necessary to perform a contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you; (iii) it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests; (iv) it is necessary to protect the vital interests of you or another natural person; or (v) it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation. Where we rely on your consent to process personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time, and where we rely on legitimate interests, you may have the right to object to our processing.

Changes to this Privacy Policy:

SOS may change this privacy policy from time to time. Laws, regulations and industry standards evolve, which may make those changes necessary, or we may make changes to our business. We will post the changes to this page and encourage you to review our privacy policy to stay informed. If we change the policy in a material and retroactive manner, SOS will provide additional notice, such as via email or through the Site and/or the app. If you disagree with the changes to this privacy policy, you should delete the app and immediately cease using the Site and our app.

Deletion of Your Data

To request deletion of any of your data, please contact us at sustainableoceansociety@gmail.com .

Contact

For any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at sustainableoceansociety@gmail.com.